If you were to propose a productivity strategy that calls for reducing the work week from five days to four days, or reducing working hours from eight hours a day to just six hours, you’d be thought of as crazy by most employers. By reducing his workers’ working hours and making them happier, he significantly enhanced productivity, so much so that Ford’s profit margins doubled within two years. The other way to look at flexi-hours is not only that employees can start work at non-conventional hours, but that they could actually work fewer hours too. What’s even better — certainly for the employees — is the notion that flexi-hours means they could work fewer hours as long as they get their work done. Although it’s hard to imagine local companies implementing a four-day work week, it’s very possible to see flexi-hours being implemented.

Source: New Strait Times December 10, 2017 06:11 UTC